Dark anthracite plain fabric swatch with subtle woven texture

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J Brown

Palermo Anthracite

Palermo Anthracite is a deep charcoal plain with a subtly textured surface and a quietly tailored finish. The dark, near-black tone reads modern and grounded, with just enough surface variation to keep the cloth from looking flat.

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About this fabric

This colourway sits in a very dark anthracite range, with soft charcoal highlights catching across the plain weave and giving the surface a muted, low-sheen depth. Palermo is a 100% polyester fabric with 25,000 Martindale, making it suitable for general domestic use and everyday seating. It is supplied back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, with other treatments available upon request. The hand and appearance suggest a practical upholstery cloth with a neat, even texture rather than a loose or drapey finish. Machine washable at 30 degrees or professional dry clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions.

How to use it

Use this anthracite shade on a sofa, dining chair or headboard where you want the furniture to feel crisp and architectural. It pairs especially well with pale oak, warm stone and brushed metal, letting the dark ground the room without adding colour.

A dark, practical plain that gives clean-lined upholstery a tailored, modern edge.

J Brown Palermo Fabric

Specification

Composition: 100% Polyester
Designs in the collection: 31
Rub test (Martindale): 25,000 rubs
Suitable for: General Domestic
Style: Plains
Fire rating: Supplied Back coated to Cigarette & Match to BS5852, other treatments are available upon request.
Aftercare: Machine washable at 30 degrees or professional dry clean in situ, please refer to the pattern book for further care instructions

Specification as published by J Brown. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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Palermo Anthracite is a quiet cloth, so it carries a pattern beside it: one of these on the curtains and this on the chair. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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